Pure gaming pc

Skarth · 15 Oct 2006 at 09:40

Please assist in getting the best spec possible for my money, i already have the 24" dell monitor, good keyboard and mouse and a 4mb broadband connection.
the pc will be used 99% of the time for World of Warcraft and on-line shooters.
the initial budget started a £1k but this first spec has gone over which i dont mind as long as im getting value.

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£195.99 £195.99
MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)
£134.99 £134.99
MY-096-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT533D2) (MY-096-CS)
£137.99 £137.99
GX-050-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-050-CO)
£244.99 £244.99
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO)
£21.95 £21.95
CB-041-GE Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Blue (CB-041-GE)
£2.99 £2.99
CA-090-CM CoolerMaster Stacker 830 - Silver Trim (No PSU) (CA-090-CM)
£129.95 £129.95
CA-006-HP Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP)
£54.99 £54.99
HD-046-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3802110A ATA-100 2MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-SE)
£25.95 £25.95
Subtotal £949.79
VAT £166.22
Total £1,116.01

i would really appreciate any input and help, thanks in advance

johnno · 15 Oct 2006 at 10:41

seems like a great rig to me. the only thing i would change is the psu. i would go for something more reliable like a seasonic tagan enermax or ocz.

kmistry · 15 Oct 2006 at 10:48

Rig looks sweet, if you are going to be overclocking your rig, I'd suggest maybe some better RAM? And I agree with johnno about the PSU

johnno · 15 Oct 2006 at 11:04

yep also the ram. because you dont wont ram holding back your overclock your ram at a later dat. if you stretch your budget possibly get a geil 2gb kit

flunky404 · 15 Oct 2006 at 11:10

Looks like it will be a sweet gaming rig.

I have a similar set up in a akasa eclipse 62 and i'am very happy with it.
The only thing that concern's me imho is the size of the hdd.I tend to go for 200+ gb hdd's now what with vista round the corner and games like dark messiah coming in at near 7 gb.Also go for sata II drive for better performance.

Enjoy your new computer

Skarth · 17 Oct 2006 at 12:10

thanks for the input.
would anyone be good enough to spec me Nvidia system as a few ppl are telling me they are the best value top end graphics at the moment ?
around the same price £1100 and just need the box as before.

churned · 17 Oct 2006 at 14:46

Nah you should stick with ATI.

squiffy · 17 Oct 2006 at 14:49

One 80GB hard drive? Are you joking? :rolleyes:

I would ditch the 830 and go for a original stacker or the 810.
Go for X1900XT and clock it.
Buy XMS RAM.
Buy a different PSU.

z0mbi3 · 17 Oct 2006 at 14:52

Everything recommended so far.

You need an aftermarket cooler. Also consider going OEM on a lot of your selections.

p4radox · 17 Oct 2006 at 16:08

Get a much bigger hard drive - you'll probably need it. A Seagate 7200.10 would be an excellent choice and very quick.
Don't get a Hiper PSU - lots of them fail. I'd get a Tagan or Seasonic, preferably 500W +
Don't get the new Stacker - get the old one, or get an Akasa Eclipse.
Go for a HIS X1900XT, should get X1950 speeds on it.
Get better ram - some Geil PC6400 would be a great choice.

If you can't afford the above, I'd drop the CPU to a 6300 and get a Gigabyte DS3 motherboard. You'll probably be able to hit 3GHz with the CPU when overclocked which will be considerably faster than a 6600 at stock. Get a decent cooler like an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro to keep things cool and quiet.

A bit of constructive criticism